Svatopluk Sem

Baritone

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Svatopluk Sem studied voice under the guidance of D. Volfová at the Conservatory inČeskéBudějovice. He became a soloist in the South Bohemian Theatre in ČeskéBudějoviceafter finishing his studies. Here he portrayed many main characterssuch asFigaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Germonte (La traviata), Valentin(Faust),Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Cosí fan tutte) or Belcore(L´elisird´amore).

He regularly performs in many operahouses in the Czech Republic such as theNational Theatre in Prague, The StateOpera in Prague, the J. K. Tyl Theatre inPilsen, the South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice, the NationalTheatreBrno or the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava. Hisrepertoireincludes several dozen roles of different nature.Svatopluk Sem has beenperforming in productions of various directors – O. Havelka, J. Heřman,M.Forman, The Theatre Group SKUTR (M. Kukučka & L. Trpišovský) andcooperated withmany famous conductors. Among others we can name G. Albrecht, A.Allemandi, J. Bělohlávek,T. Brauner, E. Dovico, P. Feranec, E. Fiore, H.M. Förster, J. Hrůša, R.Jindra, J. Keenen, O. Lenárd, T. Netopil, L.Pešek, Mario De Rose or D.Savic.

He has made his appearance not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. Japan,Denmark, South Korea, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Italy or England areexamples of countries where we couldsee Svatopluk Sem on stage. He cooperateswith orchestras such as the BBCSymphony Orchestra, PKF – Prague Philharmoniaetc. He cooperated with London BBC Orchestra under the baton of J.Bělohlávek on arecording of Smetana's Bartered Bride for the label HarmoniaMundi. He recorded a document "Rolando meets Don Giovanni" for BBC,where he performed together with Rolando Villazón in the role of Don Giovanni.Heis a frequent guest of prestigious international music festivals such astheDvořákova Praha International Music Festival, Opern Air Gars am KampfinAustria, The Prague Spring International Music Festival, InternationalOperaFestival Smetana’s Litomyšl or the IMF ČeskýKrumlov. In his field hehas received three times the prestigious Karel Roden Award